Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

111 reviews

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

bbbarttt's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Murder, and War

Minor: Kidnapping and Cannibalism

creativerunnings's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, and Colonisation

dexkit10's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Blood

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

3.5

This book is well written and has a fascinating subject, but it just didn’t grab me for some reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

erinsampson91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

libscigrl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

Starvation is often discussed.

chronologically_charlie's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.5

The only thing that kept going through my head while reading THE WAGER was “ohhh the boys are fiiiighting” in a really sing-songy tune. I continued to gasp, much to the annoyance of those around me, whenever the drama was turned up a notch because damn, these sailors knew how to be catty. Yes, yes, there were circumstances that lead them to their demise and all that jazz, but oh man, nothing like a little mutiny, murder, and manipulation to ruin a voyage at sea. 

Now, I am not a boat girlie or a military girlie or a crime girlie, but I am a geography girlie and a pirate girlie and, most importantly, I am a girlie who loves to see the downfall of men. THE WAGER checked off all my boxes, with the exception that the writing is somewhat dry in random sections. Partly because of the terminology of the time and partly because it felt like I was in a history lecture, but by adding in the dramatic-flair to my internal reading voice, it became a lot more exciting. 

how did I read it: physical copy from my public library + audio copy from Libby

will I buy it: sure! when it’s on sale! 

do I recommend it: yea…but only to certain people, you know? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and Cannibalism

shelfofunread's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism